Improvement in buckles



UNITEDSTATEs PATENT FFCEf y JOHNV PECHHAM, CE NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

`IMPROVEMENT lN BUCKLES.

To all whom 'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, `J CHN PECKHAM, of New Haven,`in `the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles; u and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, Clear, and exact descrip- `tion of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawiugand letters of reference marked thereon, in` Which-- Figure l is a plan of the buckle complete; Fig. 2, a plan of the rim or bow detached from the loop 5 and Figs. 3 and 4 are plans of `the loop, showing slight modilcations in the construction thereof. y

The nature "of my invention consists in the peculiar, manner of constructing the loop por-V tion of the buckle, the advantages of which will be `hereinafter fully set forth.

` In order that others may enjoy the benefits of my invention, I will now describe its construct-ion and operation.

A. represents the rim o r bow, which may be s formed ina-ny of the customary shapes, the

" `Speeioation forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,513, dated May 30, 1871.

ends thereof being turned up, as seen in Fig. 2. B is the loop, which I eut or stamp from one or a single piece of metal, so as to form the prongs g g and journals c d e f. (See Figs. l and 2.) Thejournals have enlarged ends, as fully shown in 3 and 4, so that when they are placed in the boxes formed at the ends of the rims, and these ends turned up, as seen in Fig. 1, the loop will be efiectually retained in position, and better able to resist the lateral pressure to which buckles are frequently subjeeted. The advantages of this mode of vconstruction are Cheapness and durability.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

VThe loop B, struck or eut from a single piece of inetal, with headed journals, substan tially as and for the purpose set forth.

' JOHN PEOKHAM. Vitnesses:

WM. D. CURTISS, R. FITZGERALD. 

